Hey guys, it's been a long time since I've posted here, and I realize this isn't exactly a MYST troubleshooting site, but I thought if anyone could help me it's you guys. I told a friend of mine about the MYST series, and she decided to give it a try. The plan was for her to come to my house and check it out. Now, I just got my current computer last year. It's Windows 7 64 bit. I had not bothered to install MYST ME or RIVEN until now. When I tried to play the game, it just started out after the beginning monologue, and the screen was black except the cursor. I could hear the game fine, and even navigate in the "dark", but I could never see anything.
So I Googled the problem, and there was something about installing QuickTime 6.3, and then saving certain files, and then overwriting them in Quicktime 7. I installed Quicktime 6.3, and tried the game again, and the visuals worked! But the beginning cinematic was still nowhere to be found. On top of that, NONE of the videos work. No island flyby, no bookshelves opening, not even Sirrus and Achenar's speeches. I installed Riven, and the exact same problem happens. Atrus's whole beginning monologue is gone, and even Cho doesn't show up! Does anyone know what the problem is? I run it in Windows 98 comparability mode, but I don't think any of that is the problem. Any help would be most appreciated. If I get this to work, there's a good chance my friend will be obsessed with MYST. (She's already fascinated from what she's seen of screenshots and storyline.)
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